Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Qualification for tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom is determined not by any form of qualifying tournament, but by the rankings maintained by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
Qualifying criteria
The main qualifying criteria was the ATP and WTA ranking lists as of 11 June 2012. The players entering will be formally submitted by the International Tennis Federation. The ATP and WTA rankings are based on performances from the previous 52 weeks, and there were several tournaments, in the two month period between the time of the rankings being frozen for entry, and the beginning of the tennis events at the Olympics. Players must have also have made themselves available for two Fed/Davis Cup events from 2009–2012, one of which must have taken place in 2011–2012, and have a good standing with their National Olympic Committee.[1]
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter 6 men and 6 women athletes, with a maximum of 4 entries in the individual events, and 2 pairs in the doubles events. Any player in the world's top 56 is eligible, and NOC's have the option to enter players of a lower rank. Athletes are able to compete in both singles and doubles events.[2] Doubles players within the top 10 rankings on 11 June are eligible to bring any player provided that player has any doubles or singles ranking, and the number of players of the same country do not surpass the total of six.[3]
Qualifiers
Players coloured blue have not met the minimal Fed/Davis Cup representation level and players coloured pink cannot participate as a result of injury or chose not to compete. Colour light-grey marks ineligibility due to too many players from a certain country. The Entry List was released on 26 June 2012, based on the rankings as at 11 June.[4]
Men's singles
Women's singles
PR Protected/Special Ranking
Rankings as at 11 June 2012
- * by Tripartite Commission Invitation, their rankings as of 11 June 2012[8]
Men's doubles
' Players higher ranking is singles
^ Players have also qualified to the singles tournament
Women's doubles
' Players higher ranking is singles
^ Players have also qualified to the singles tournament
Mixed
The final mixed doubles teams and draw will be announced on location.
Possible teams
| Team | NOC | Criteria | Criteria met (currently) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gisela Dulko | Juan Martín Del Potro[9] |  Argentina
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Tamira Paszek | Jürgen Melzer[10] |  Austria
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Victoria Azarenka | Max Mirnyi[11] |  Belarus
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Kim Clijsters | Olivier Rochus |  Belgium
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Petra Kvitová | Radek Štěpánek[12] |  Czech Republic
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Angelique Kerber | Philipp Petzschner |  Germany
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Roberta Vinci | Daniele Bracciali |  Italy
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Sania Mirza | Leander Paes[13] |  India
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Yaroslava Shvedova | Mikhail Kukushkin |  Kazakhstan
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Ana Ivanović | Nenad Zimonjić[14] |  Serbia
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Jelena Janković | Janko Tipsarević | Serbia
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Sofia Arvidsson | Robert Lindstedt[15] |  Sweden
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Shahar Peer | Jonathan Erlich |  Israel
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Petra Martić | Ivo Karlović[16] |  Croatia
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
| Simona Halep | Horia Tecău[17] |  Romania
|
qualify as singles/dbl. | yes/yes |
Summary
Numbers represent the current conditions (19 July 2012)
| Nation | Men | Women | Mixed | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | |||
| Argentina |
4 | 2(1) | 0 | 2(2) | TBA | 7 |
 Australia |
2 | 0 | 1 | 4(3) | TBA | 6 |
| Austria |
1 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | TBA | 3 |
| Belarus |
0 | 2(2) | 1 | 0 | TBA | 3 |
| Belgium |
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | TBA | 5 |
 Brazil |
1 | 4(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
 Bulgaria |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | TBA | 2 |
 Canada |
2 | 2(1) | 1 | 2(1) | TBA | 5 |
 China |
0 | 0 | 3 | 4(1) | 0 | 4 |
 Chinese Taipei |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2(1) | TBA | 3 |
 Colombia |
2 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | TBA | 4 |
| Croatia |
3 | 2(0) | 1 | 0 | TBA | 4 |
 Cyprus |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic |
2 | 2(0) | 4 | 4(2) | TBA | 8 |
 Denmark |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France |
4 | 4(1) | 1 | 2(1) | TBA | 7 |
 Georgia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 2 |
| Germany |
1 | 2(2) | 4 | 4(1) | TBA | 8 |
 Great Britain |
1 | 4(3) | 2 | 4(2) | TBA | 8 |
 Hungary |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2(0) | 0 | 2 |
| India |
1 | 4(4) | 0 | 2(2) | TBA | 7 |
| Israel |
0 | 2(2) | 1 | 0 | TBA | 3 |
| Italy |
2 | 2(1) | 4 | 4(0) | TBA | 7 |
 Japan |
3 | 2(0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan |
1 | 0 | 2 | 2(0) | TBA | 3 |
 Liechtenstein |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Luxembourg |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands |
1 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Paraguay |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland |
1 | 2(2) | 2 | 4(2) | TBA | 7 |
| Romania |
1 | 2(2) | 3 | 2(0) | TBA | 6 |
 Russia |
4 | 2(0) | 4 | 4(2) | TBA | 10 |
| Serbia |
3 | 4(1) | 2 | 0 | TBA | 6 |
 Slovakia |
2 | 2(0) | 2 | 2(0) | TBA | 4 |
 Slovenia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2(2) | TBA | 4 |
 Spain |
4 | 4(2) | 4 | 4(2) | TBA | 12 |
| Sweden |
0 | 2(2) | 1 | 0 | TBA | 3 |
 Switzerland |
2 | 2(0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | TBA | 2 |
 Ukraine |
1 | 0 | 2 | 2(0) | TBA | 3 |
 United States |
4 | 4(2) | 4 | 4(2) | TBA | 12 |
 Uzbekistan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total: 44 NOCs | 64 | 64(34) | 64 | 64(27) | 32 | 189 |
- Number in brackets = players participating only in doubles
Notes
- a Kevin Anderson applied for a US green card after marrying American citizen Kelsey O’Neal. This process prevented him from leaving the United States and thus make himself available for the 2012 Davis Cup season. Therefore he could not fulfill the qualification criteria and is not eligible for the Olympics.[18]
- b Donald Young hasn't played any Davis Cup matches so far though he made himself available for drafting and thus hasn't been ruled out by the USTA Olympic Selection Oversight Committee.[19]
- c Although David Goffin only played one Davis Cup match in his career he is allowed to participate in the Olympics by the Belgian Olympic Committee given he finishes in the top 56 on June 11.[20]
- d Tamira Paszek was initially ruled ineligible by the ITF, but successfully won appeal lodged by Tennis Austria. She replaced Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland, who was on the initial entry list but told Swiss Tennis she would not compete in the Olympics.[21]
- e f g h Monica Niculescu was originally in the entry list but withdrew due to an injury she sustained in the Wimbledon Championships. Her slot was occupied by Kateryna Bondarenko and Bondarenko's ITF place was taken by Timea Babos. Niculescu's place in the women's doubles with Irina-Camelia Begu was taken by the Bondarenko sisters, whose ITF place was awarded to Baltacha and Keothavong.[22]
- i j Kaia Kanepi was originally in the entry list but withdrew due to failing to recover from a heel injury. Her slot was occupied by Timea Babos and Babos's ITF place was taken by Mariana Duque-Marino.[23]
- k l Andrea Petkovic was originally in the entry list but withdrew due to ongoing ankle injury. Her slot was occupied by the 5th highest ranked German Mona Barthel who originally didn't made the list due to Germany having 4 representives in singles already. Petkovic was also scheduled to play doubles with Julia Görges and was replaced by Anna-Lena Grönefeld in partnering Görges.[24]
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- ^ "Kanepi injury hands Olympic debut to Duque-Marino". International Tennis Federation. 18 July 2012.
- ^ "Petkovic injury forces German changes". International Tennis Federation. 19 July 2012.